Welcome, Herr Doktor. No doubt you have at least sampled the waters of the new TF2 update, resplendent in it's new content. However, you are not concerned over the new Gold Rush map, or the new Payload gametype. No, you are most likely aiming to obtain your überweapons: the Blütsauger, Kritzkrieg, and Übersaw. Unfortunately, you have to complete the many new medic achievements, ranging from the incredibly hard to the very simple. Thankfully for you, Herr Doktor, we have compiled a guide to acquiring those achievements in the easiest way possible. We have already given you the first, second, third and fourth, so here is the fifth. Keep this in mind the next time we proclaim our love for you....

DICE's Battlefield Heroes is many, many things all wrapped up in a bite-sized package. "Less is more," as they say. But here's one thing you'd think DICE wouldn't be happy about: constant comparisons to Valve Software's mega-hit Team Fortress 2. You'd think."If they want to keep comparing it to TF2, I think that's perfectly okay," said producer Aleksander Grondol to Shacknews. "It's an honor to be compared to a great game like Team Fortress 2, and I think the art style in TF2 is awesome." Okay, so ... maybe DICE is cool with it after all! Grondol did note, however, that Heroes' gameplay is nothing at all like that of TF2, artistic choices notwithstanding.Welcoming comparison to a game as acclaimed and successful as TF2 is a cocky move. That sets the bar very high. Early impressions of Heroes have ranged from very positive to kind of lukewarm, so it's tough to tell whether or not those making the comparison are onto something with regards to the fun factor.[Via Rock, Paper, Shotgun] ...

Welcome, Herr Doktor. No doubt you have at least sampled the waters of the new TF2 update, resplendent in it's new content. However, you are not concerned over the new Gold Rush map, or the new Payload gametype. No, you are most likely aiming to obtain your überweapons: the Blütsauger, Kritzkrieg, and Übersaw. Unfortunately, you have to complete the many new medic achievements, ranging from the incredibly hard to the very simple. Thankfully for you, Herr Doktor, we have compiled a guide to acquiring those achievements in the easiest way possible. We have already given you the first, second, and third part of our guide, so here is the fourth. Keep this in mind the next time we proclaim our love for you....

Welcome, Herr Doktor. No doubt you have at least sampled the waters of the new TF2 update, resplendent in it's new content. However, you are not concerned over the new Gold Rush map, or the new Payload gametype. No, you are most likely aiming to obtain your überweapons: the Blütsauger, Kritzkrieg, and Übersaw. Unfortunately, you have to complete the many new medic achievements, ranging from the incredibly hard to the very simple. Thankfully for you, Herr Doktor, we have compiled a guide to acquiring those achievements in the easiest way possible. We have already given you the first and second parts of our guide, so here is the third. Keep this in mind the next time we proclaim our love for you....

Welcome, Herr Doktor. No doubt you have at least sampled the waters of the new TF2 update, resplendent in it's new content. However, you are not concerned over the new Gold Rush map, or the new Payload gametype. No, you are most likely aiming to obtain your überweapons: the Blütsauger, Kritzkrieg, and Übersaw. Unfortunately, you have to complete the many new medic achievements, ranging from the incredibly hard to the very simple. Thankfully for you, Herr Doktor, we have compiled a guide to acquiring those achievements in the easiest way possible. We have already given you the first part of our guide, so here is the second. Keep this in mind the next time we proclaim our love for you....

Welcome, Herr Doktor. No doubt you have at least sampled the waters of the new TF2 update, resplendent in it's new content. However, you are not concerned over the new Gold Rush map, or the new Payload gametype. No, you are most likely aiming to obtain your überweapons: the Blütsauger, Kritzkrieg, and Übersaw. Unfortunately, you have to complete the many new medic achievements, ranging from the incredibly hard to the very simple. Thankfully for you, Herr Doktor, we have compiled a guide to acquiring those achievements in the easiest way possible. Keep this in mind the next time we proclaim our love for you. ...

Update after update after update, it seems. Team Fortress 2, hot on the heels of the last patch, has received yet another patch. This one fixes some major issues, such as problems with two achievements, problems with the Kritzkrieg not behaving properly, and problems with players being unable to use the new medic items. Hopefully this has fixed most of the issues with the new patch, but after recent history, it's almost guaranteed there will be more issues....

Years and years ago (when the Earth was new and dinosaurs roamed the lands) a certain person named Shawn Manning created a program called Napster. It was incredibly popular because a) it let people trade music on the Internet and b) it was free. However, the music industry didn't like how Napster was being used and almost as soon as it became popular the company was forced into bankruptcy. It also made Shawn Fanning an Internet icon (it even got him a cameo in The Italian Job).Now a new company that Fanning co-founded may actually make him some real money. Techcrunch is reporting through unnamed sources that Rupture, a gaming oriented social networking web site, is about to be bought by Electronic Arts for $30 million. According to the story Fanning and his Rupture partner Jon Baudanza will become employees of EA when the deal is concluded. It speculates that EA has bought the site for its technology; Rupture pulls data and stats from games like Team Fortress 2 and World of Warcraft and allows you to chat and share that info with Rupture subscribers. If all this is true it will be interesting to see how EA uses this in its games....

It seems that the much-lauded TF2 Gold Rush update caused as many problems as cool new stuff it introduced. Two new official Valve updates have just been released to address some more issues. The first is a client update that fixes bugs involving launching GoldSRC (Half-life 1) mods as well as network issues and an inability to launch Portal: First Slice. The second is a TF2 update that fixes yet another infinite übercharge exploit, the extremely annoying "reliable snapshot overflow" error, and the inability for user maps to have functioning elevators. This still doesn't damper my enthusiasm for the new content, though! ...

It seems that there were more problems with the new TF2 update than we thought. Besides having server-crashing commands and a command to immediately unlock all the achievements, there have apparently been a number of client crash issues and infinite ÜberCharge exploits. No longer! They have no been patched. Here's hoping that more exploits haven't been opened or are lurking around the corner.On a related note, if you haven't, check out the new Gold Rush/Medic update for TF2. It's amazingly well put together, and shows the sort of dedication Valve has to making and updating great games. If only all developers were this generous to their customers....

It's finally here! The Team Fortress 2 update we've all been waiting for has finally arrived, bringing with it the new Goldrush map, Medic achievements and brand new Medic weapons -- which are the first of many more to come for the other classes. So load up your Steam client and start the free patch, it won't take you very long unless you start playing the game. If you do that, then expect to be spending quite a few hours absorbed in the new gametype on Goldrush.A complete list of all the crazy Medic achievements can be found over on this official Valve webpage, if you're interested....

In this the year of the Beijing Olympics, Valve is offering gamers a chance to go for the gold. Starting Friday, May 2 and going Sunday the 4th, everyone can play Team Fortress 2 for free! Free is good no matter how you slice, but they're tossing in three brand new features to boot! Gold Rush is a brand spanking new map complete with a new mode called "Payload." Teams are split on offense (Blu) and defense (Red) just like in Dustbowl, but the object of the Blu team is to literally push a payload full of bombs from one capture point to the next until all three of Red's bases are blown to smithereens.Over the next year Valve will be rolling out the biggest change to the game. Starting with the Medic class players will be able to earn three unique items by first earning some or all of the new achievements (for Medics there are 36 in all). These items will give players new choices as to how they play the class as well as offering new benefits for the team they're playing on. The other eight classes will be rolled out soon after the initial release....

Valve has been teasing us with word on their plans to expand their hit multiplayer shooter Team Fortress 2 for some time now and soon all of us will get a chance to check out the new additions for ourselves. In their latest weekly news update via their Steam service Valve announced that a new update to TF2 will be released sometime this week.Included in the new update is an all new map, Goldrush, that also adds the new Payload multiplayer game type that has one team pushing a bomb loaded cart from one side of the map to the other with the goal of blowing up the other team's base. The opposing team, naturally, isn't keen on this plan and will attack the cart-pushing team to prevent this from happening. The new update will also add three new unlockable weapons for the game's Medic class (which can be accessed if a player get to the new medic-based achievement points). We'll be on the lookout for the new update as the week goes along....

Valve never disappoints in the humor department with these Team Fortress 2 class videos. The newest of which features the Scout; a rough n' tumble type of guy who likes to make good use of his metal bat -- as all TF2 players know too well. We've already learned that after the first patch of new Medic weapons, other classes are going to be getting upgrades as well. This of course makes us wonder what kind of upgrade the Scout could see and whether or not that class is next in line -- although we're crossing our fingers for the Demoman.It's tough to say what kinds gameplay changes new weapons could bring to the Scout. It's possible that Valve could add guns that help his survivability when it comes to taking damage, or maybe increase his offensive capability. Whatever they do, we hope it happens as soon as they've promised as we're impatient when it comes to updates for our favorite games....

If there was any way for me to radiate jealousy, now would be the time. ShackNews got their mitts on the new TF2 additions, and my envy knows no bounds. They got hands-on with both the new map Goldrush and the new Medic unlockables, got some free pizza to boot, and then wrote up a long article of their impressions.The three new weapons have finally been revealed in force, and they are very cool. Out of the new weapons the Medic gets that they detailed, I could definitely see myself getting into the Ubersaw, with its 25% addition to Uber meter upon hitting an enemy. However, the Critzcrieg (A medgun that gives criticals rather than invulnerability) and the Blutsauger (A syringe that drains enemy health) both look intriguing, and I can't wait to try them out.Hit up ShackNews for the full write-up and impressions post....